Virginia 2022 Regular Session All Bills (Page 171)
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB541
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
Rate of tax on gasoline and diesel fuel. Lowers the rate of tax on gasoline and diesel fuel on July 1, 2022, from 26.2 cents per gallon to 21.2 cents per gallon on gasoline and from 27 cents per gallon to 20.2 cents per gallon on diesel fuel, the rates that were in effect before July 1, 2021. The bill provides that the rate of tax on gasoline and diesel fuel will return to 26.2 and 27 cents per gallon, respectively, on July 1, 2023, and will be indexed based on the change in the United States Average Consumer Price Index; thereafter, the rate will be indexed annually.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB542
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
Report Pass
2/10/22
Engrossed
2/14/22
Refer
2/22/22
Board of Pharmacy; written certification for the use of cannabis products. Requires the Board of Pharmacy to provide a form for practitioners to issue as written certification for the use of cannabis products. Current law requires the Office of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court to provide the form.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB543
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
Criminal records; sealing of records; repeal. Repeals provisions not yet effective allowing for the automatic and petition-based sealing of police and court records for certain convictions, deferred dispositions, and acquittals and for offenses that have been nolle prossed or otherwise dismissed.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB544
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
Report Pass
1/26/22
Engrossed
1/31/22
Refer
2/23/22
Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; training requirement for cosmetologists. Provides that the Board for Barbers and Cosmetology shall require completion of no more than 1,000 hours of training in the field for initial licensing in cosmetology. Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; training requirement for cosmetologists. Provides that the Board for Barbers and Cosmetology shall require completion of no more than 1,000 hours of training in the field for initial licensing in cosmetology.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB545
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
Registration fees for motor vehicles; state park access fee. Imposes a $5 state park access fee to be collected at the time other vehicle registration fees are paid and to be deposited into the State Park Conservation Resources Fund. Under the bill, a person who shows proof of payment of the fee is not required to pay any additional fees for access to a state park.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB546
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
Report Pass
1/31/22
Engrossed
2/2/22
Refer
2/21/22
Report Pass
2/25/22
Enrolled
3/7/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Department of Juvenile Justice; juvenile boot camps. Eliminates the authority of the Department of Juvenile Justice to establish juvenile boot camps and the ability of a court to order a juvenile adjudicated delinquent to attend such a boot camp.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB547
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
Report Pass
1/21/22
Engrossed
1/26/22
Refer
2/22/22
Report Pass
3/4/22
Enrolled
3/11/22
Chaptered
4/7/22
Passed
4/7/22
Virginia Parole Board; monthly reports. Requires the Virginia Parole Board (the Board) to publish a statement regarding any action taken by the Board on the parole of a prisoner within 30 days of such action and to include in such statement information regarding the length of sentence and the date such sentence was imposed for each prisoner considered for parole.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB548
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
Virginia Human Rights Act; nondiscrimination in places of public accommodation; COVID-19 vaccination status. The bill prohibits discrimination in public accommodations on the basis of an individual as having received, received in part, or not received a vaccine for the prevention of COVID-19.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB549
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
Group health benefit plans; bona fide associations; benefits consortium. Provides that certain trusts constitute a benefits consortium and are authorized to sell health benefits plans to members of a sponsoring association that is a nonstock corporation, has five or more members participating in one or more benefits plans, has been formed for purposes other than obtaining or providing health benefits, and operates as a nonprofit entity under § 501(c)(6) of the federal Internal Revenue Code. The bill provides that a person may be a member of sponsoring association if he conducts business operations within the Commonwealth, employs individuals who reside in the Commonwealth, and is a member of the sponsoring association. The bill provides that the trust is subject to the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and U.S. Department of Labor regulations applicable to multiple employer welfare arrangements and to the authority of the U.S. Department of Labor to enforce such law and regulations. The bill (i) prohibits a self-funded multiple employer welfare arrangement (MEWA) from issuing health benefit plans in the Commonwealth until it has obtained a license from the State Corporation Commission; (ii) provides that health benefit plans issued by a self-funded MEWA shall be subject to taxes and maintenance assessments levied upon insurance companies; (iii) provides that health benefit plans issued by a self-funded MEWA are subject to protections of and other provisions of the Virginia Life, Accident and Sickness Insurance Guaranty Association; (iv) makes domestic self-funded MEWAs subject to all financial and solvency requirements imposed by provisions of Title 38.2 on domestic insurers unless domestic self-funded MEWAs are otherwise specifically exempted; and (v) provides that health benefit plans issued by a self-funded MEWA shall be exempt from all statutory requirements relating to insurance premium rates, policy forms, and policy cancellation and nonrenewal. The bill provides that the sponsoring association shall not, by virtue of its sponsorship of the benefits consortium or any benefits plan, be subject to the insurance laws of the Commonwealth or the tax levied on insurance companies by the Commonwealth. The measure removes the requirements that an association to which a group accident and sickness insurance policy is issued has at the outset a minimum of 100 persons, has been organized and maintained in good faith for purposes other than that of obtaining insurance, and has been in active existence for at least five years. The measure also replaces references to "bona fide association," as used in provisions applicable to health care plans in the small employer market, with the term "sponsoring association." Group health benefit plans; bona fide associations; benefits consortium. Provides that certain trusts constitute a benefits consortium and are authorized to sell health benefits plans to members of a sponsoring association that is a nonstock corporation, has five or more members participating in one or more benefits plans, has been formed for purposes other than obtaining or providing health benefits, and operates as a nonprofit entity under § 501(c)(6) of the federal Internal Revenue Code. The bill provides that a person may be a member of sponsoring association if he conducts business operations within the Commonwealth, employs individuals who reside in the Commonwealth, and is a member of the sponsoring association. The bill provides that the trust is subject to the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and U.S. Department of Labor regulations applicable to multiple employer welfare arrangements and to the authority of the U.S. Department of Labor to enforce such law and regulations. The bill (i) prohibits a self-funded multiple employer welfare arrangement (MEWA) from issuing health benefit plans in the Commonwealth until it has obtained a license from the State Corporation Commission; (ii) provides that health benefit plans issued by a self-funded MEWA shall be subject to taxes and maintenance assessments levied upon insurance companies; (iii) provides that health benefit plans issued by a self-funded MEWA are subject to protections of and other provisions of the Virginia Life, Accident and Sickness Insurance Guaranty Association; (iv) makes domestic self-funded MEWAs subject to all financial and solvency requirements imposed by provisions of Title 38.2 on domestic insurers unless domestic self-funded MEWAs are otherwise specifically exempted; and (v) provides that health benefit plans issued by a self-funded MEWA shall be exempt from all statutory requirements relating to insurance premium rates, policy forms, and policy cancellation and nonrenewal. The bill provides that the sponsoring association shall not, by virtue of its sponsorship of the benefits consortium or any benefits plan, be subject to the insurance laws of the Commonwealth or the tax levied on insurance companies by the Commonwealth. The measure removes the requirements that an association to which a group accident and sickness insurance policy is issued has at the outset a minimum of 100 persons, has been organized and maintained in good faith for purposes other than that of obtaining insurance, and has been in active existence for at least five years. The measure also replaces references to "bona fide association," as used in provisions applicable to health care plans in the small employer market, with the term "sponsoring association."
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB55
Introduced
12/31/21
Refer
12/31/21
Report Pass
1/20/22
Engrossed
1/24/22
Refer
2/22/22
Report Pass
2/24/22
Enrolled
3/3/22
Chaptered
4/6/22
Passed
4/6/22
Amending death certificates. Requires the State Registrar, upon receipt of an affidavit and supporting evidence testifying to corrected information on a death certificate within 45 days of the filing of a death certificate, to amend such death certificate to reflect the new information and evidence. The bill also requires the State Registrar, upon receipt of an affidavit and supporting evidence testifying to corrected demographic information on a death certificate more than 45 days after the filing of a death certificate, to amend such death certificate to reflect the new information and evidence.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB550
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
Report Pass
2/2/22
Report Pass
2/9/22
Engrossed
2/11/22
Engrossed
2/14/22
Refer
2/21/22
Report Pass
2/24/22
Refer
2/24/22
Report Pass
2/28/22
Engrossed
3/3/22
Engrossed
3/7/22
Enrolled
3/10/22
Chaptered
4/27/22
Contracts; payment clauses to be included in certain contracts; right to payment of subcontractors. Requires construction contracts awarded by state or local government agencies as well as certain private construction contracts in which there is at least one general contractor and one subcontractor to include a payment clause that obligates the contractors to be liable for the entire amount owed to any subcontractor with which it contracts. The bill provides that a contractor shall not be liable for amounts otherwise reducible due to the subcontractor's noncompliance with the terms of the contract; however, the contractor must notify the subcontractor in writing of the contractor's intent to withhold all or a part of the subcontractor's payment with the reason for such nonpayment. Payment by the party contracting with the contractor shall not be a condition precedent to payment to any lower-tier subcontractor. The bill also requires a payment clause to be included in any construction contract between an owner and a general contractor that requires (i) the owner to pay the general contractor within 60 days of receipt of an invoice following satisfactory completion of the contracted-for work, and (ii) a higher-tier contractor to pay a lower-tier subcontractor within the earlier of 60 days of satisfactory completion of the work for which the subcontractor has invoiced or seven days after receipt of amounts paid by the owner to the general contractor for work performed. Lastly, the bill provides that the Department of General Services shall convene the Public Body Procurement Workgroup to review whether the issue of nonpayment between general contractors and subcontractors necessitates legislative corrective action and report its findings and legislative recommendations to the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2022. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2023, and shall apply to construction contracts executed on or after January 1, 2023. Contracts; payment clauses to be included in certain contracts; right to payment of subcontractors. Requires construction contracts awarded by state or local government agencies as well as certain private construction contracts in which there is at least one general contractor and one subcontractor to include a payment clause that obligates the contractors to be liable for the entire amount owed to any subcontractor with which it contracts. The bill provides that a contractor shall not be liable for amounts otherwise reducible due to the subcontractor's noncompliance with the terms of the contract; however, the contractor must notify the subcontractor in writing of the contractor's intent to withhold all or a part of the subcontractor's payment with the reason for such nonpayment. Payment by the party contracting with the contractor shall not be a condition precedent to payment to any lower-tier subcontractor. The bill also requires a payment clause to be included in any construction contract between an owner and a general contractor that requires (i) the owner to pay the general contractor within 60 days of receipt of an invoice following satisfactory completion of the contracted-for work, and (ii) a higher-tier contractor to pay a lower-tier subcontractor within the earlier of 60 days of satisfactory completion of the work for which the subcontractor has invoiced or seven days after receipt of amounts paid by the owner to the general contractor for work performed. Lastly, the bill provides that the Department of General Services shall convene the Public Body Procurement Workgroup to review whether the issue of nonpayment between general contractors and subcontractors necessitates legislative corrective action and report its findings and legislative recommendations to the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2022. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2023, and shall apply to construction contracts executed on or after January 1, 2023.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB551
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
Report Pass
1/25/22
Report Pass
2/2/22
Engrossed
2/4/22
Refer
2/21/22
Report Pass
3/2/22
Engrossed
3/7/22
Engrossed
3/8/22
Enrolled
3/10/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Flood resiliency and protection. Implements recommendations from the first Virginia Coastal Resilience Master Plan. The bill provides guidelines for the development of a Virginia Flood Protection Master Plan for the Commonwealth and requires that the Coastal Resilience Master Plan be updated by December 31, 2022, and every five years thereafter. The bill establishes the Virginia Coastal Resilience Technical Advisory Committee to assist with the updates and requires the development of a community outreach and engagement plan to ensure meaningful involvement by affected and vulnerable community residents. The bill also requires that the Chief Resilience Officer report every two years, beginning July 1, 2023, on the status of flood resilience in the Commonwealth.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB552
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
Absentee voting; excuse required to vote absentee by mail; signature match. Requires a registered voter to provide a reason for being absent or unable to vote at his polling place on election day in order to receive an absentee ballot to vote by mail. The bill requires a voter voting absentee by mail to open his ballot in the presence of a notary who must sign the ballot return envelope. The bill requires that the general registrar match the signature of the voter on an absentee return envelope to a signature that the general registrar has on file before processing the ballot. If the signature doesn't match, the absentee ballot is to be treated as a provisional vote subject to approval by the electoral board. The bill also repeals the permanent absentee voter list and limits the special annual application to those voters with an illness or disability.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB553
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
Sales and transient occupancy taxes; accommodations intermediaries. Broadens the definition of accommodations intermediary for purposes of collection of sales tax by accommodations intermediaries.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB554
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
Report Pass
2/14/22
Engrossed
2/15/22
Refer
2/22/22
Report Pass
2/25/22
Enrolled
3/4/22
Chaptered
4/8/22
Passed
4/8/22
Will contest; presumption of undue influence. Provides that in any case contesting the validity of a decedent's will where a presumption of undue influence arises, the finder of fact shall presume that undue influence was exerted over the decedent unless, based on all the evidence introduced at trial, the finder of fact finds that the decedent did intend it to be his will. Will contest; presumption of undue influence. Provides that in any case contesting the validity of a decedent's will where a presumption of undue influence arises, the finder of fact shall presume that undue influence was exerted over the decedent unless, based on all the evidence introduced at trial, the finder of fact finds that the decedent did intend it to be his will.